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These are the reads from our homegrown authors that topped the book charts in 2017. These authors have won major literary prizes in australia and internationally. Sydney writer candice fox has taken crime fiction by the cuff in recent years, winning backtoback ned kelly awards with her first two books. In 2017, her sophomore effort, little fires everywhere, takes home the prize for fiction, narrowly beating out fredrik backmans beartown. Rns books and arts explains the broad range of work by the prizes six shortlisted authors.
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